CHRISTCHURCH.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 57, 5 May 1877, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

Monday. Sir Cracroft . Wilson had a narrow ,; escape of being killed on Saturday, by. J a tree, while being Qu't down, falling on him. He was severly cut on the head. - Tuesday. Count De La Pasture's property at ■- Arnuri, comprising 8,538 acres freehold, i 28,938 leasehold, and 13,249 liceusehold, J with 18,000 sheep, sundry cattle and ? horses, has been sold to Mr W. A. Low ." : for £26,000. , An inquest was held at the Lunatic j Asylum on the body of Gilchrist, the J man who, while delirious m. typhoid g fever, was. sent by the hospital authori- 1 ties to the asylum with a certificate that I he was suffering from acute mania. fl After' hearing the evidence, the juryj| returned the followiug verdict : — " Wo l find that the deceased-died from naturall causes, but considerable blame, m our | opinion, is attached to the "hospital | authorities for not having discovered I the case to be one of typhoid, and for J having sent a man suffering from fever | to ah asylum." | Wednesday. -J A farmer named Turner was goredj? by a bull yesterday. His lower jaw '] was torn avray, and other injuries m- J flicted. His recovery is very doubtful, j The land sales last month realised j over £88,000. ' % j Several Provincial Government oftl- I cials who have been discharged by the f General Government feel considerably ij aggrieved at their treatment m the j matter of compensation, and a meeting AJ is to be held on Friday to discuss the £f whole question^ - % Friday, i At the inquest on the railway acci- 1 dent it appeared from -the evidence of ;;1 Ihe gatekeeper that instructions were > misunderstood m some the_ accident. The railwayi?omcials main-v tamed that instructions .had been given A to all gatekeepers on the line respecting $ that special train. The jury returned aj| verdict of accidental death with a rider % that regulations should be more strictly 5l carried out, and that no regulations,^ which are .simply jsnpposmJL-Jte^bejjj understood, should be considered as '-.■, binding on gatekeepeers, and that a 'A large lamp should be shown on each -V I gate across the line every night, and | for the whole night. - -f ] There is every probability of the Gan % Si terbury Spinning and Weaving Com^l pany being wound up. All its capital is|J exhausted, and though new shares have;* been offered to the public, none have j been taken up. ' am